Chapter 108 – Erosion
A villain emerges from the flames.
As soon as he saw him, he could easily guess what kind of ability he had.
Judging by the fact that the entire body’s skin has turned black to the point where it’s glossy, it’s probably hardening or strengthening the body.
The villain jumped forward and started to smash things around him.
It was so powerful that if people had not all avoided it, all the people there would have died brutally.
Kwaaang! Quaang!
“… ….”
To be honest, I don’t think it’s even as good as the Chimera that invaded Star City.
As I saw the man breaking through the concrete floor and the walls, I suddenly had a question.
Does that guy gain anything by just messing around?
If you just mess around without a purpose, you will soon be overpowered by the heroes.
If the purpose was to harm people, they should have pursued the fleeing people, and if the purpose was terrorism, they should have run away after the first explosion.
‘It’s strange.’
Then, the possibilities are narrowed down to three.
Either that man is simply an idiot or he has other goals.
It’s not your will that you’re doing something wrong.
Looking closely, the man’s eyes were turned upside down, so only the whites of the eyes were visible.
I checked the status window to see if it was a runaway of abilities.
[Kim Cheol-soo]
Gender : Male
Age : 37
Positive characteristics: hardening [C], Body strengthening [C]
Negative Characteristics: None.
Strength 16
Strength 16
Agility 13
mana 12
Overall Ability: C
[It has been eroded by ??!]
As expected, there are no characteristics related to runaway.
The phrase eroded is bothering me, but it probably means it’s being manipulated.
If the caster is not a strong man with overwhelming skills, there is a high probability that he is observing this place from not far away.
I’m trying to activate my [Sixth sense] A little more and sense the surroundings and magic.
“Wooooo-!”
Cheol-soo Kim, who had lost his temper, kicked the ground and ran at me.
Kagak!
Out of embarrassment, he blocked his fist with the blade of the sword rather than the blade of the sword, but instead of scarring Kim Chul-soo’s hand, there was a sound of metal colliding with metal.
Kang! Kang! Kagagak!
Cheol-soo Kim starts swinging his fists at random.
All of them are not too difficult to block, but…….
Kim Chul-soo is only being manipulated, not a real villain.
You can’t cut it carelessly.
So I’m trying to find out who is still manipulating me while blocking it.
There was a little red smoke on Cheol-soo Kim’s arm, which had turned black due to the effect of [Hardening].
Quagga gagagak!
Suddenly, Kim Chul-soo’s fists became stronger and it became difficult to block them.
Kung! Thud! Quaang!
A heavy impact flowed through the sword and strained his arm.
‘This is ridiculous.’
There is a big difference between Kim Chul-soo and my ability level.
It’s not that there’s no damage if you rush at it when you’re careless, but at least it wasn’t an opponent you could feel this heavy in a head-to-head match.
I hurriedly turned on the status window again and checked his status window.
[Kim Cheol-soo]
Gender : Male
Age : 37
Positive characteristics: hardening [B], Body strengthening [B]
Negative Characteristics: None.
Strength 20
Strength 20
Agility 15
mana 14
Overall stats: C+
[It has been eroded by ??!]
“…… !”
[Hardening] And [Body strengthening] Both jumped from C-class to B-class, and all of their stats have grown incomparably.
‘This is ridiculous.’
It was then.
“Cool!”
Kim Chul-soo, who had been attacking violently, spewed out a large amount of blood from his mouth.
“Turn it off… ….”
He twisted his body grotesquely as if in a seizure while standing still bleeding from his eyes and nose.
Fluff.
She collapsed on the spot like a doll with a thread cut off.
The red smoke that swirled around the arm disappeared as if it were dispersing, and the [Hardening] Was gradually released.
“… ….”
Kim Cheol-soo, who did not even move, put his finger under Kim Cheol-soo’s nose to check if he was breathing and sighed deeply.
‘He died.’
I can guess why he died.
Probably the [Erosion] That appeared on the status window earlier was the problem.
I don’t think he would have died spurting blood just by being manipulated…….
‘Is it because I suddenly became stronger?’
After red smoke began to cover Kim Cheol-soo’s body, all of his physical abilities suddenly rose dramatically, and soon after, he collapsed and died vomiting blood.
‘By forcibly raising the power?’
Then it is understandable that Kim Chul-soo died.
His strength must have been raised to a level his body couldn’t handle. The recoil cost him his life.
But more important than that…….
‘Is it possible to forcibly raise the power like that?’
Of course, there are few jobs in this world, but there is a job called a buffer.
However, the power strengthened by the power of the buffer does not cause any major damage to the body of the person who received the buff.
At most, even with a strong buff, it would cause muscle pain for a few days.
In the first place, the buffs of the buffers amplify their strength, and the ability itself does not evolve like Kim Chul-soo just did.
‘I don’t think it’s an ability I’ve never seen before in [Oeyeongdo].’
Erosion-related abilities were never even mentioned.
A completely unknown enemy with no information.
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‘I think this is my first time with someone like this.’
Until now, even if the difference in power was large, I had only dealt with enemies mentioned in [Oeyoungdoe].
It would be nice if it only appeared briefly, as if passing by….
If I had to fight an opponent who could use [Erosion], It seemed that I would go through hardships before my eyes.
“Haa… ….”
The Star City raid was only a few days ago.
If you write a novel like this, you will be criticized.
Before long, two heroes who arrived late after receiving a report came running.
While the small hero was examining Cheol-soo Kim’s body, the hero with a strong physique and his hair turned back asked.
“Are you a student of Siwoo Han?”
“… Yes. I am Siwoo Han.”
“First of all, thank you so much for subduing the villain. We also confirmed that Siwoo Han was not guilty by checking the CCTV, so there will be no damage.”
Work is faster and cleaner than expected.
“Thank you.”
“We will contact you soon, but please go back and rest and then answer the call.”
“Yes, thank you.”
I bowed my head slightly and turned around.
Sussssseu.
The red smoke that was visible from Kim Chul-soo’s body just passed by me in an instant.
“Wook.”
A man with long hair and a little hero examining the body groaned from behind.
“… Are you okay?”
I asked cautiously, and the long-haired hero, who had been standing with his head down, slowly turned his head and looked at me.
“… ….”
Susut.
Then, traces of red erosion began to slowly spread across his body.
Hwaaagh!
A man with long hair made both of his hands like sword blades and charged.
Chae Jae-jaeng! Visor! Push!
“Ugh!”
I hurriedly swung my sword to block it, but it cut his thigh deeply.
A small-sized hero charged me with a spear as I lost my balance for a second due to my bleeding thighs.
‘This is… ….’
I can’t stop it.
When I thought so.
A woman appeared with black hair mixed with light blue tied back.
Pooh!
Both hands of the hero holding the spear flew through the air.
“Gyaaagh!”
A sound closer to the scream of a monster than a human erupts from the hero with his wrist cut off.
“uuu!”
The long-haired hero rushes in, swinging both of his hands that have turned into swords.
Chaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejaejae!
The sword wielded by the woman cut off all of the man’s hands in an instant.
Squeaky.
I slashed the neck of the all-back head.
The swordsmanship that a woman uses was very familiar to me.
[Serine type].
Her hair had grown a bit compared to back then, but it was unmistakable.
“Senior?”
At those words, Park Se-rin turned her head to look at me and shouted out loud.
“Junior!!!!!!”
No, I didn’t expect you to be so happy.
Of course, it’s nice to see you’re happy. hahahaha.
But the fact that she called me was not a sign of pleasure.
Because he suddenly picked me up and started bouncing like crazy.
“It jumps out!!!!!!”
Suddenly?
However, she easily understood the reason why she was running away when she looked back while carrying her on the shoulder of Park Se-rin, who was running at breakneck speed.
Fifteen people with traces of red erosion all over their bodies are chasing them…….
“…… Uh?”
About 10 more people suddenly appeared next to me.
Park Se-rin finally jumped high and stepped on her roof and started running.
Then another 10 eroded people jumped out from behind… uh?
Why endlessly… uh?
I think there will be 100 people?
Quaang! Kwaaang!
“Hey!”
It wasn’t even just chasing, so magic or ranged attacks flew in from everywhere.
Pak Se-rin was frightened, but with her agile body, she turned around and avoided her.
“Junior!!! How many do you think there are?”
“Uh…… She only looked at things over 200 and gave up counting.”
“… ….”